exception

Meaning

Noun

• The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
• That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.
• An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
• An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
• An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

Related

Opposite words

• commonness, generality

Narrower meaning words

• checked exception
• unchecked exception

Origin

• From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō.